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Definition: Catherine |
CatherineNoun1. First wife of Henry VIII of England; Henry's divorce from her marked an initial step in the English Reformation (1485-1536). 2. Empress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Catherine" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "far away". |
Date "Catherine" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
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Literature | Catherine (See Catharine .). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Catherine is a woman's name, derived from a Greek word (katharos) meaning "pure." Alternate forms include: Katherine, Kathryn, Ekaterina, Katrina, Kathleen, Catalina.St. Catherine of Siena, who was one of only three female Doctors of the (Catholic) Church, is a patron saint of young girls, students, nurses, firefighters, and Italy.
The Catherine wheel is a symbol of St. Catherine of Alexandria.
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Lady Catherine Grey (sometimes spelled "Katherine") (~1539 - January 1568), Countess of Hertford, was a younger sister of Lady Jane Grey, the youngest of their parents' three children being Lady Mary Grey. As a grand-daughter of King Henry VIII of England's sister Mary Tudor, Catherine had just as valid a claim to the throne of England as her sister had, so she was just as big a threat to Queen Elizabeth I of England as Jane had been to Elizabeth's sister Queen Mary I of England.In 1560 Lady Catherine secretly married Edward Seymour, 2nd Earl of Hertford, the son of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, who was a brother of Henry VIII's third wife Jane Seymour. As if her cousin's marrying anyone without her permission was not enough to anger Queen Elizabeth, Catherine's marrying the nephew of the woman Elizabeth's father had executed her mother to marry pushed Elizabeth into a full-blown fury. She imprisoned, for a time, everyone who had anything to do with it, including Bess of Hardwick, who was the one Lady Catherine confessed to when she became pregnant and knew the secret was about to come out.
The marriage was annulled in 1562 but resulted in two children: Edward Seymour (1561-1612), 3rd Earl of Hertford, and Thomas Seymour (born 1563). It was this Edward Seymour whose son William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset, got into trouble by his secret marriage to Arbella Stuart, another cousin with an attenuated claim to the throne of England.
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Catherine of Aragon, (in Spanish Catalina de Aragón), (December 16, 1485 - January 7, 1536) was Henry VIII's first wife. Born in Alcala de Henares, she was the youngest child of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile and, as a great-great-great-granddaughter of Edward III of England, a third cousin of both Henry VII and his wife Elizabeth of York.
She first married Arthur Tudor, the son of Henry VII of England, in 1501. As Prince of Wales, Arthur was sent to Ludlow Castle on the borders of Wales, to preside over the Council of Wales, and Catherine accompanied him. A few months later, both of them fell prey to an infection which was sweeping the area. Catherine herself nearly died; she recovered to find herself a widow. Catherine testified that, because of the couple's youth, the marriage had not been consummated; the Pope then issued a dispensation, so that Catherine could become betrothed to Arthur's younger brother, the future Henry VIII. The marriage did not take place until after Henry VIII ascended the throne in 1509. Both as Princess of Wales and as Queen, Catherine was extremely popular with the people
Henry VIII supposedly married Catherine of Aragon at his father's dying wish and was happily-enough married to her (but not faithful to her) for 18 years, until he became seriously worried about getting a male heir to his throne as she approached menopause. Her first child was stillborn in 1510. Prince Henry was born in 1511 but died after 52 days. Catherine then had a miscarriage, followed by another short-lived son. In February 1516 at the Palace of Placentia in Greenwich, London, she gave birth to a daughter named Mary (later Queen Mary I of England). There was another miscarriage in 1518.
Henry had kept a succession of mistresses in the later years of his marriage. Because of the lack of heirs, he began to believe that his marriage was cursed and sought confirmation from two verses of the biblical Book of Leviticus, which said that, if a man marries his brother's wife, the couple will be childless. He chose to believe that Catherine had lied when she said her marriage to Arthur had not been consummated , therefore making their marriage wrong in the eyes of God. After Henry secretly married one of Catherine's former ladies-in-waiting (and sister of one of his former mistresses), Anne Boleyn, he arranged a special act of Parliament to annul his marriage to Catherine on May 23, 1533. But this divorce was still seen as illegal in the eyes of the Church so in March 1534 Henry demanded that Pope Clement VII issue a divorce. The Pope refused for a number of reasons, including the fact that the Holy Roman Emperor, who was Catherine's nephew, held power over the papacy.
The Pope's refusal to annul the marriage contributed to the Reformation of the English church and the eventual establishment of the Church of England, a break from the Roman Catholic Church. Catherine refused to acknowledge the divorce and took the issue to the law, but she lost and was forced to leave the Royal Court. She was separated from her daughter (who was declared illegitimate) and was sent to live in remote castles and in humble conditions, in the hope that she would surrender to the inevitable; but she never accepted the divorce and signed her last letter, "Catherine the Queen". By this time, she was aware that Henry's marriage to Anne was turning sour, and she had not ceased to hope that he might one day return to her.
Catherine died of a form of cancer, at Kimbolton Castle, in 1536 and was buried at Peterborough Cathedral with the ceremony due to a Princess Dowager of Wales, not a Queen. Henry did not attend the funeral, nor did he allow Princess Mary to do so.
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Catherine of Valois (1401-1437) was the Queen consort of England from 1420 till 1422.
Catherine (or Katherine) of Valois was the daughter of King Charles VI of France. She was born on October 27, 1401, in Paris. In 1420, she was given in marriage to King Henry V of England, as part of the settlement following the Battle of Agincourt (her elder sister Isabella of Valois having been the original candidate). The only issue of this marriage was the future King Henry VI of England.
After the sudden death of Henry V in 1422, Catherine was effectively exiled from court, suspicion falling on her nationality. The regents kept her away from her child, and she turned for comfort to Owen Tudor, a Welsh courtier, who would become the founding father of the Tudor dynasty. Although Catherine was forbidden by a new law to marry again, there was a general lack of interest in her on the part of the authorities which enabled her to form a liaison with, and possibly to marry secretly (but, if so, it was legally invalid), Owen Tudor, and give birth to at least four children.
Their daughter died young, and their son Owen became a monk, but their other two sons, Edmund Tudor and Jasper Tudor, were to play an important role in the future of the English monarchy. Catherine died in childbirth on January 3, 1437, in London, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. Her husband or lover, Owen Tudor, lived on until 1461, when he was executed by the Yorkists following the Battle of Mortimer's Cross. Their sons were given earldoms by King Henry VI after Catherine's death. Edmund would become the father of the future King Henry VII of England.
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Synonyms: CatherineSynonyms: Catherine II (n), Catherine of Aragon (n), Catherine the Great (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Catherine |
| English words defined with "Catherine": Bloody Mary ♦ Catharine wheel, Charles IX ♦ de l'Orme, Delorme, Diane de Poitiers, Duchesse de Valentinois ♦ Henry II, Henry VIII ♦ Mary I, Mary Tudor, more ♦ Philibert de l'Orme, Philibert Delorme ♦ rose window, Russia ♦ Sir Thomas More ♦ Thomas More, Tuileries, Tuileries Palace. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Catherine": Bloody Wedding ♦ Callipolis, Coiffer to Sainte Catherine ♦ Dorinda ♦ Flower Sermon ♦ Gargamelle, Gay Girl ♦ Maid of Perth, Margherit'a di Valois, Marguerite des Marguerites, Messalina, Michal ♦ Othman, Osman ♦ Pagan Works of Art ♦ Semiramis of the North, Symbols of Saints ♦ Walls have Ears, White Rose. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "Catherine": Catherine wheel. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Catherine" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (Catherine), German (Catherine), Tagalog (Catherine). |
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Screenplays | Now, Catherine, if you will stay by me this evening, you will see that what I say is not always of the greatest importance, but dear, that doesn't keep me from talking (The Heiress; writing credit: Augustus Goetz; Ruth Goetz) Catherine, I'm afraid you'll have to ask the blessing (A Man Called Peter; writing credit: Eleanore Griffin; Catherine Marshall) Leo was shot, Jacques Renault was strangled, the mill burned, Pete and Shelly have smoke inhalation, Catherine and Josie are missing and Nadine is in a coma from taking sleeping pills (Twin Peaks; writing credit: G. William Jones) Every time Catherine would turn on the microwave, I'd piss my pants and forget who I was for about half an hour (Christmas Vacation; writing credit: John Hughes) For Catherine, it's pounding the pavement (C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation; writing credit: Kenta Fukasaku; Koshun Takami) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Young Catherine (1991) Catherine (1970) Great Catherine (1968) L' Irrésistible Catherine (1957) Catherine the Great (1948) | |
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 | [Leeuenhoek exhibiting his microscopes for Catherine of England] / Pierre Brisaud. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Photographed in camouflage, at about the time she was completed. Originally named Arthur R. Lewis, she was acquired by the Navy and commissioned as USS Lake Catherine (ID# 3568) on 4 October 1918. The ship was returned to the U.S. Shipping Board on 15 August 1919. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Lutheran Church of St. Catherine (1768), southeast view, Arkhangelsk, Russia. Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540. |  | Chapel of St. Catherine (1998), southeast view, Ekaterinburg, Russia. Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540. |
 | Louisa Catherine Adams / painted by C.R. Leslie; engraved by G.F. Storm. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Bell tower Honfleur (Clocher Eglise St. Catherine) / Albert Smith. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | St. Catherine Street, Montreal, Quebec. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Mrs. Catherine Herbster budgets herself carefully. She buys those vegetables and food which are plentiful and cheap. She must see that her family of growing children get the right foods to make them strong and healthy. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | War workers' nursery. Catherine Simmons plays Red Cross nurse at the Bella Vista Nursery School in Oakland, California. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Catherine Cook. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Scream" by Paul C Commentary: "A mural on the side of a building on St. Catherine St, Montreal. Image is 300 dpi." |
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Catherine II of Russia | I praise loudly, I blame softly. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | One day, he stopped at the corner of the Rue Culture Sainte Catherine, and looked at the Rue des Filles du Calvaire from the distance |
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Business | Western European nail care products manufacturers have recently been active in Russia, including Catherine (Germany), Mavala (Sweden), Oriflame (Sweden), etc. American nail care products are rapidly gaining popularity in Russia. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Congo | In 2000 the Government had confiscated the passports of numerous individuals, including Joseph Olenghankoy, Christophe Lutundula Apala, Francois Lumumba, and Catherine Nzuzi; however, all passports had been returned by year's end. (references) |
Economic History | Russia | Peter's expansionist policies were continued by Catherine the Great, who established Russia as a continental power. (references) |
Human Rights | Jamaica | In October a new remand center opened in Bumpers Hall, St. Catherine parish, which is expected to ease overcrowding in lockups. (references) |
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| "Catherine" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 99.63% of the time. "Catherine" is used about 1,633 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 99.63% | 1,627 | 5,109 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 0.37% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,633 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Catherine" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Catherine | First name Female | 373,000 | 46 |
| Catherine | Last name | 100 | 74,288 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Catherine" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "far away". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Catherine." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Khara | Female | N/A | Katherine |
| Katarin | Female | Breton | Katherine |
| Ekaterina | Female | Bulgarian | Katherine |
| Caterina | Female | Catalan | Katherine |
| Katarina | Female | Croatian | Katherine |
| Katerina | Female | Czech | Katherine |
| Karen | Female | Danish | Katherine |
| Katrine | Female | Danish | Katherine |
| Katrien | Female | Dutch | Katherine |
| Katrijn | Female | Dutch | Katherine |
| Katrine | Female | Dutch | Katherine |
| Caitlin | Female | English | Katherine |
| Catharine | Female | English | Catherine |
| Catherine | Female | English | Katherine |
| Cathryn | Female | English | Katherine |
| Cathy | Female | English | Catherine |
| Kara | Female | English | Katherine |
| Karen | Female | English | Katherine |
| Kat | Female | English | Katherine |
| Kate | Female | English | Katherine |
| Katharine | Female | English | Katherine |
| Katherina | Female | English | Katherine |
| Katherine | Female | English | Hecate |
| Kathi | Female | English | Katherine |
| Kathie | Female | English | Katherine |
| Kathryn | Female | English | Katherine |
| Kathy | Female | English | Katherine |
| Kitty | Female | English | Katherine |
| Kaarina | Female | Finnish | Katherine |
| Kaisa | Female | Finnish | Katherine |
| Karin | Female | Finnish | Katherine |
| Katariina | Female | Finnish | Katherine |
| Catherine | Female | French | Katherine |
| Käthe | Female | German | Katherine |
| Katarina | Female | German | Katherine |
| Katarine | Female | German | Katherine |
| Katharina | Female | German | Katherine |
| Katharine | Female | German | Katherine |
| Kathrin | Female | German | Katherine |
| Katja | Female | German | Katherine |
| Katrine | Female | German | Katherine |
| Aikaterine | Female | Greek | Katherine |
| Hecate | Female | Greek Mythology (Latinized) | N/A |
| Kakalina | Female | Hawaiian | Katherine |
| Katalin | Female | Hungarian | Katherine |
| Katarina | Female | Hungarian | Katherine |
| Caitlin | Female | Irish | Katherine |
| Caitríona | Female | Irish | Katherine |
| Caitria | Female | Irish | Katherine |
| Catriona | Female | Irish | Katherine |
| Catarina | Female | Italian | Katherine |
| Caterina | Female | Italian | Katherine |
| Reina | Female | Jewish | Katherine |
| Ekaterina | Female | Macedonian | Katherine |
| Kari | Female | Norwegian | Katherine |
| Katarzyna | Female | Polish | Katherine |
| Katrine | Female | Polish | Katherine |
| Catarina | Female | Portuguese | Katherine |
| Cätälin | Male | Romanian | Katherine |
| Ecaterina | Female | Romanian | Katherine |
| Ekaterina | Female | Russian | Katherine |
| Kaia | Female | Scandinavian | Katherine |
| Caitrìona | Female | Scottish | Katherine |
| Catriona | Female | Scottish | Katherine |
| Katarina | Female | Serbian | Katherine |
| Katica | Female | Slovene | Katherine |
| Katja | Female | Slovene | Katherine |
| Catalina | Female | Spanish | Katherine |
| Catherina | Female | Spanish | Katherine |
| Kajsa | Female | Swedish | Katherine |
| Karin | Female | Swedish | Katherine |
| Katarina | Female | Swedish | Katherine |
| Catrin | Female | Welsh | Katherine |
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1. Catherine, AL |
Expressions using "Catherine": Catherine de Medicis ♦ Catherine Howard ♦ Catherine I ♦ Catherine II ♦ Catherine of Aragon ♦ Catherine Parr ♦ catherine the great ♦ catherine wheel ♦ Lake Catherine ♦ Maureen Catherine Connolly. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Catherine": catherine-wheel, Catherine-wheel window, catherine-wheels. | |
Ending with "Catherine": Mary-catherine. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "Catherine"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | кръгъл прозорец (catherine wheel), огнено колело (catherine wheel, wheel), премятане на страни (catherine wheel). (various references) | |
Czech | Kateřina. (various references) | |
French | catherine. (various references) | |
German | Catherine. (various references) | |
Greek | Αικατερίνη (Katherine), ίατερίνα. (various references) | |
Hungarian | katari-kerék (catherine wheel). (various references) | |
Italian | girandola (catherine wheel, weathercock). (various references) | |
Manx | Catreeney (Katherine). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | atherinecay.(various references) | |
Romanian | rozetã (bow, catherine wheel, rosace, rose, rosette), roatã de foc (catherine wheel), fereastrã rotundã (catherine wheel). (various references) | |
Russian | Кэтрин, Екатерина. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | katarina (catharine). (various references) | |
Swedish | rosfönster (catherine wheel), fyrverkssol (catherine wheel), fyrverkshjul (catherine wheel). (various references) | |
Tagalog | catherine. (various references) | |
Turkish | yanlamasına takla (cartwheel, catherine wheel), gül biçiminde renkli pencere (catherine wheel), çarkıfelek (catherine wheel, passionflower, the wheel of fortune, wheel of fortune), ışıklar saçarak dönen fişek (catherine wheel). (various references) | |
Welsh | Catrin, Cadi (Kate). (various references) | |
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Misspellings | |
"Catherine" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Batherne, caterine, Caterino, Cathering, cath'rine, Catterline, Cauthorne, Crathorne, Cuthwine, Gathorne, Pathirane. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-h-i-n-r-t" | |
-1 letter: aetheric, centiare, creatine, echinate, herniate, hetaeric, increate, iterance. | |
-2 letters: archine, arenite, centare, ceratin, certain, chanter, cheater, cithern, cithren, creatin, crenate, earthen, enteric, enticer, erethic, etheric, hairnet, hearten, hectare, heretic, herniae, inearth, neither, recheat, reenact, reteach, retinae, tacrine, teacher, techier, therein, theriac, trainee, tranche. | |
-3 letters: acetin, achene, achier, aether, anther, cahier, canter, canthi, careen. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-h-i-n-r-t" | |
+1 letter: reteaching. | |
+2 letters: atherogenic, chanticleer, inheritance, interchange, kitchenware, metanephric, parenthetic, pentarchies. | |
+3 letters: archegoniate, cartwheeling, chanticleers, dechlorinate, disenchanter, inheritances, interchained, interchanged, interchanger, interchanges, interchannel, kitchenwares, neurasthenic, rechartering, theoretician, trenchancies. | |
+4 letters: archegoniates, candlelighter, catheterizing, dechlorinated, dechlorinates, disenchanters, heartsickness, hermeneutical, interchangers, neurasthenics, parenthetical, preanesthetic, starchinesses, technocracies, terpsichorean, theoreticians, untheoretical. | |
+5 letters: apprenticeship, asthenospheric, bronchiectases, candlelighters, charitableness, chickenhearted, cholestyramine, cholinesterase, cyproheptadine, dichloroethane, disinheritance, magnetospheric, nontheoretical, nontherapeutic, preanesthetics, scratchinesses, thermomagnetic. | |
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